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Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Mac Pro Longwear Pressed Powder Review!

Hand on my heart, Mac is honestly one of my favourite
makeup brands of all time (along with Nars and Chanel to name a few!) But if I
ever want to try out a new makeup product, I instantly check out Mac first. I
don’t know what it is, but there’s just something walking out of a Mac store
with a bag in hand full of beautiful new goodies. It just makes me happy
(that’s not weird, right?)

As I was going on a week long trip to Disneyland Paris,
I knew it was going to be an incredibly hot week, and I knew I was going to be
wearing makeup for long periods of time. I wanted to treat myself and try out
some new makeup for my holiday that I knew was going to actually last under the
heat.

Obviously my new Nars All Day Luminous Weightless
foundation helped a lot, and there will be a follow up blog on that foundation
(so keep an eye out for that!) but I also wanted to try out a new pressed
powder that would keep my foundation in place all day.

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore my Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, it’s still a holy grail product and I will love it forever. But I wanted to try out the Mac Pro Longwear Pressed Powder because I’m a makeup junkie and this appealed to me, partly because it’s Mac, and partly because I wanted something new for my holiday.

This powder promises to give a wet-proof velvet-matte
finish that gives medium coverage and zero shine. For someone with extremely
oily skin, this was obviously everything I look for in a powder, so I had to
get my hands on it.

What
I love:

-It definitely does create a velvet matte
finish that I love. I’ve always been a matte girl, unless a product was going
to make my skin look completely matte, I didn’t want it. But since I’ve had
compliments on how nice my skin looks when it has a slight dewy finish to it,
I’ve been quite enjoying the finish that this powder gives me.

The choice of shades is amazing, which is
typical of Mac. There’s nothing I hate more than finding a beautiful face
product and realizing that there isn’t s shade to correctly match my skin. But
you can always count of Mac (with any of their products) to provide you with
the perfect match of your skin tone.

The packaging is beautiful and convenient.
It’s a simple black case with a compact mirror. This is a God send for me since
I was out wondering Disneyland all day and needed to check on my makeup and do
any touch ups.

What
I don’t love:

As much as I adore Mac’s products, this
powder didn’t do anything special in terms of actual staying power when
comparing it with the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder. I find that the Rimmel Stay
Matte powder, which is a much cheaper alternative, did almost exactly the same
job as this powder, so in future I will continue on with my Stay Matte, and
save my Pro Longwear for special occasions.

So that’s my thoughts on the Mac Pro Longwear Pressed
Powder. Keep in mind that I have only been using this powder for around a week,
so obviously I will be using the full product up. Overall I think it’s a
beautiful powder that gives me a finish that is so beautiful it’s changed my
mind on the dewy look, and I won’t be so obsessed with having a matte finish
all the time. Let me know what you’re favourite Mac products are or if you’ve
tried this product yourself, I’d love to know all your thoughts.